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Second U. S. Leader
Wounded Near Buna
Is Awarded DSC
MacArthur Gives Medal
To Gen. Clovis E. Byers,
Who Bore Tommy Gun
By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA. Dec. 26.—A second
American general wounded during
the fighting near Buna in New
Guinea. Brig. Gen Clovis E. Byers
of Columbus, Ohio, has been award
ed the Distringuished Service Cross
for extraordinary heroism in action.
Gen. Byers was decorated yester
day by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Earlier the same award was given
Brig. Gen. Albert W. Waldron,
Rochester, N. Y.; also wounded in
action near Buna. A third general,
Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider,
Mason City, Iowa, was wounded at
the Buna front in November.
Gen. Byers, carrying a tommy gun
in the attack on Buna Village, was
wounded in the hand by a sniper’s
bullet. Disabled, he gave his gun
to a soldier, but continued to direct
the assault. He has been promoted
to brigadier general since arriving
in Australia.
Gen. MacArthur also awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross to Aus
tralian riying Officer John Mowbray
who flew low over Jap anti-aircraft
guns near Buna that same day and
later returned to direct the fire of
artillery against the guns.
Silver stars were awarded Lts.
Fred W. Klatt, .1r„ of Durango, Colo.,
and Eddie Mack Morgan of Moor
head, Miss., and Staff Sergt. Jack O.
Methvin of Arley, Ala.
Victor Over Kiska Japs
Gets Flying Cross
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 26 (IP).
—Although all his gun* exoept one
cannon jammed, Capt. Arthur T.
Rice attacked two Japanese Zero
fighter planes and shot down both.
For this extraordinary display of
heroism, the Farmington <Utah)
flying officer has been given the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross.
Capt. Rice's feat occurred Sep
tember 28. He volunteered to escort
heavy bombers in a raid over Kiska
Harbor on a 500-mile mission over
open water.
After he strafed the enemy's anti
aircraft positions. Capt. Rice’s guns
jammed, but with one cannon, the
flyer attacked two enemy planes.
The first he shot, down with but
four rounds of ammunition, the
second w'ith one round.
Award of Air Medals to 24 officer
pilots of the Army Air Force for
extraordinary heroism in the first
co-ordinated raid against the Japa
nese forces at Kiska was announced
yesterday by the comand of Maj.
Gen. Simon B. Buckner, jr.
In the successful attack of Septem
ber 14. American fighters and bomb
ers negotiated a hazardous 500-mile
trip over water, through low ceilings
and rain squals at altitudes varying
from water level to 200 feet the an
nouncement said. Not a single plane
was lost through enemy action.
The honored pilots included:
Maj James K. Dowling, Chicago:
Maj. Charles E. Griffith, Waterford,
Conn.; Capt. Keneth D. Vandayburg,
Detroit: Capt. Victor Emanuel Wal
ton, Indianapolis; Lt. Lyle Albert
Bean. Secor. 111.; Lt. George B. Doan.
Lansford, N. Dak.; Lt. Stephen N.
Krenytzyk. Detroit, and Lt. Howard
Warren Millard, Ann Arbor. Mich.
Chile Has Large Farms
Chile now has 625 farms aver
aging 57.000 acres each, and 90
per cent of them are in the moun
tains^
LOST.
• a ' GAS RATION CARD, issued to H. O.
Cl ay. 54 33 33 rd st. n w
BAG. black leather, contents, telephone
pass, other valuable papers, lost In Arcade
Market Reward._AD J5865
BILLFOLD, black on Maine ave. s w ,
Wcdnesday._Phone O xford 4258
BILLFOLD, brown, containing gas ration
books and driver's license, lost about Dec.
22nd Reward._Capt. BuTsley. TE 1825.
BOSTON BULL—Black male, with white
markings; answers to name of "Jiggs". vi
cinity of 14th and K sts. n.w. Very lib
eral rew arc[ _ EM 2155.
BRIEF CASE. Church st. between 15th and
lHth sts. n w . Saturday. Dec 19; F. M C
Reward RE. 1820. Ex. 2600. or Eves.
SL 1035
CASE—Zipper brown leather; initials L.
A V Tuesdav. Dec. 22. between Stable's
Rescand Union Station. Reward DU 2P87.
COAT. Hudson seal; reward. Call Hobart
P3Q2.
COCKER 8PANIEL—Dark red. male, front
teeth gone; new York license 409380: name
"8onny": escaped from car parked at Cap
itol Garage Telephone Randolph 4806.
Brydcn. 673Q 13th at. n w Reward. •
COLLIE DOG—Long-nosed. brown-and
whtte strayed from Chevy Chase home Re
ward 551? Grove at., Cnevy Chase. Md.
DIAMOND RING. man s, inscription
"Mother to Coen": reward. TA. 3793.
DOG—Springer spaniel, brown and white:
name Toby. Reward EM. 4541
DOG—Wire-haired fox terrier, black spot
.back, brown ears, short fail; small dog
name Terry._LI. 9349. 506 Seward sq s c
ENVELOPE, containing $50.75 (2 weeks'
wages), name on envelope "Evelyn Dahl."
Reward. 4104 Ruesell ave.. Mt. Rainier.
Md _
syutlasbeb. eoia-rimmed, Dec. 23rd.
Buckingham bus, brown rase, Huffer-Shlnn
Optical Co. Chestnut 8192._Reward •
OAS RATION BOOK "A . Mayme Edmond
son. 1204 Irving st. n.w.. with purse, con
taining reg. and permit, etc. Adams .20.17.
OAS RATION BOOK "A'' (license No. 7.21 -
1.2B. Springfield. N. C ). Call Jake Moore.
ME._«8P7.___26*_
OAS RATION BOOK ‘'A." operator’s Per
mU and social security card. Call AT.
772.2,_28*
OAS RATION BOOK "A," P-79IU4-A.
Ethel N. Patch. 3610 Albemarle st. n.w.
OAS RATION BOOKS A and C. Issued
Oeorse T. Mays. .2101 Georgia ave. n.w.
Reward. RA. 8177. 27*
GAS RATIONING BOOK, lsued for D.~cf.
number 120-404, R. O. Whitesel. .1714
1.1th st n w
HALO, in vicinity of Dupont Circle, gray,
with pins attached: reward. Return to
Granite State Apt.. 17.11 N. H. ave.
IRISH SETTER, male. 10 months oid
Answer to the name of ‘Rusty ": wearing
J? £ tags; in the vicinity of Takoma
Park Reward Mr. Rossler. 628 Elm ave ,
Takoma Park. Md. Sligo 7782._
KEY8. vie of Ororgla ave ; one Is patrol
box key. No. S on each side of it. Call
Taylor 1624 __
j-eiKTOOESE. pedigreed. Id vicinity Qlen
brook Village, Bethesda. Call WI. 31.10.
Reward.
POCKETBOOK. brown, two initials. ‘"I. L. "
Identification inalde. Reward. Phone DU.
0818
POCKETBOOK. with gas and tire ration
A books, and *21 cash. Liberal reward.
1216 12th st n.w.2H^_
REWARD for rhinestone bow-knot clip: lost.
Christmas Day. vicinity Dupont Circle. E.
Covert. HO. 6760,
8COTTIE. male. Dublin. New Hampshire
and D. C Humane Society tags; RE
WARD Woodley 8067_
8COTTTE DOG. black. 10 years old. nearly
blind, vicinity of 33rd and O sts. n.w.
Lost Thursday morning. Reward. MI^ 109.1.
TERRIER, wire-hatred, all white, black
and brown spotg. answers name '"Terry"".
reward. Columbia 1731.___
WALLET—Man's, black, containing draft.
Virginia auto registration, Oulf credit,
driver's license, passes to Interior Dept.
Bldg., approximately S30 cash, etc.: lost
Dec 24. between 14th and P ana Ambas
sador Hotel Reward. RE. 1820. Branch
8074. or Palls Church 8Q8-W-2._1
WALLET containing money, ‘"A" and “B"
ass ration books, other valuable papers. In
or near Takoma Theater; name on papers:
Itberal reward. Phone SL. 7372. 29 West
moreland ave.. Takoma Park. Md,
WIRE-HAIR TERRIER, black saddle, white
feet, female. Call HO. 8629 or DU. 7418.
j.622 Argonne place n.w.
WRI8T WATCH, lady s rold Hamilton.
name engraved on back. Reward. WO.
WRIST WATCH, lady's gold Tavanet: lost
In front of 4119 or 4121 conn. av«. ,
iwMd. CnU Shepherd 297*.
NEW GUINEA.—OPERATES UNDER DIFFICULTIES—A thatched roof over his head, a rustic
table bearing his patient and a piece of box supporting his instruments, Capt. John Smith of Lit
tle Rock, Ark., operates on a soldier’s hand. This took place Just behind the lines on the Supota
front near Buna.
Hot food has come up to these soldiers in a foxhole on the Soputa front. These Americans
were in the line 11 days. Left to right: Pvt. William Mills. Somerville, Mass.; Pvt. Herbert Van
Lier, Boston, Mass.; Pvt. Edward K. Fairbanks, Somerville, Mass., and Sergt. Joseph P. Doran. Na
hant, Mass. —a. p. Photos.
Police Search for Maid
As Child, 3, Disappears
By (he Associated Press.
ROCK ISLAND, 111., Dec. 26.—
Rock Island police are investigat
ing the reported kidnaping of Ken
neth Morrison, 3. who disappeared
Christmas night from the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melin
E Morrison of Rock Island, while
they were visiting in Davenport.
Police Chief Tom Sehnert said
a search is being made for Miss
Edna Main, 18, a maid at the Mor
rison home, who was with the boy
while the Morrisons were away last
evening and who has not been seen
since.
Miss Main is a former mental
patient at the Dixon (111.) State
Hospital, having been paroled to
the Morrisons five months ago, the
chief said.
Sanity Test to Be Sought
For Boy Admitting Slaying
B> the Associated Press.
CHINOOK. Mont., Dec. 26.—A
sanity hearing will be requested for
16-vear old Leslie Schiefers after
he is formally charged with the fa
tal shooting last Wednesday of
Elaine Allen, 15, in the boy's home
in Harlem.
Harry L. Burns, the boy's at
torney, announced* plans for seek
ing such a hearing.
County Attorney D. J. Sias said
last night he would file a district
court information charging first de
gree murder.
Earlier, the county attorney de
clared :
“In my opinion, the boy was in
sane.”
The boy whistled and sang and
played solitaire in Blaine County
jail. Mr. Burns said he admitted
shooting the girl with a small
caliber rifle.
Sheriff C. B. Reser and the county
attorney said they believed the
principals were not sweethearts.
Neither would discuss the question
of a motive.
_AUCTION SALK. .
_FUTURE._
THOS J88^E«,L^I0NEIR8
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY FRAME DWELLING KNOWN
AS PREMISES NO 1338 NEWTON
STREET NORTHEA8T.
By virtue ol a certain deed of trust duly
recorded, in Liber No. 7038. Folio 88 et
seq . of the land records of the District
of Columbia, and at the request of the
party secured thereby the understand
trustee will sell, at rnibllc auction, in front
of the premises, on THURSDAY. THE
SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY. A.D. 1843.
AT THREE O’CLOCK PM. the followina
descrlbed land and premises, situate in the
District of Columbia, and designated as
and being lot 7. block 30. Leishton *
Palro. Trustees'. subdivision known as
• Brookland.” as per plat recorded In the
Office of the Surveyor for the District of
Columbia In Liber County «, at foltos in:t
and 104. Said block 30 now taxed as
square 3037. Subtect to covenants of
record.
Terms of sale: All cash. A deposit of
Moti on will be required at time of sale.
All conveyancing. recording. revenue
stamps, etc., at cost of purchaser. Terms
of sale to be complied with within 30 davs
from day of sale, otherwise the trustee
reserves the right to resell the property gt
the risk *nd cost of defaulting purchaser,
after flee days' advertisement of such re
sale in some newspaper published in Wash
ington. D. C.
EUGENE H. McLACHLEN. Surviving Trrg
de'-!6.28.31.1a4.W
__fOUNP.
2°0„ large. tan and white, short-haired.
I'c„ N H. are. and Oa. ave. n.w. Call TA.
4434 after 7 P.m. or Sunday,
SPANIEL, male, larie, brown and white:
fe,n&dwP,,rr*330<Ttir>,tmeS «"ttrno<>n'
after 7 pja. •
Full Crew of 52 Escapes
In Atlantic Torpedoing
By the Associated Press.
AN EAST COAST PORT, Dec. 26.
—An entire ship’s company of 52
escaped in three lifeboats when
their medium-sized United States
merchantman was torpedoed in the
North Atlantic about the middip of
November, survivors disclosed today.
A single torpedo, fired from an
unseen submarine struck the star
board side of the vessel, near the
No. 2 hold, they said. One lifeboat
was wrecked by the explosion, but
the merchant crew of 41 and the
gun crew of 11 had ample time to
abandon ship in good order in the
three remaining boats.
They were picked up in about an
hour by a rescue vessel and only one
man, Romeo Bellevance. of Fall
River, Mass., a merchant seaman,
required medical attention. He suf
fered rope burns, caused by friction
as he slid down a line to a lifeboat.
Like most men of his railing. Belle
vance’s reaction to his experience
was a desire to get back to sea.
Winchester (Va.) Flyer
Tells of African Battle
By the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER. Va„ Dec. 26.—Lt.
Harry W. <Dutch > Ebert,, jr., of the
United States Army Air Forces,
wrote his sister, Jean Ebert, that he
was shot down recently deep in
enemy territory in North Africa and
then was rescued by British flyers.
The 25-year-old lieutenant at
tended Randolph-Macon College at
Ashland for three years and then
was graduated from the University
of Virginia. His sister holds a
civilian pilot's license here.
Lt. Ebert was the navigatipn officer
of a Flying Fortress which was re
turning to its base from a bombing
raid when it encountered a squadron
of German fighter planes. For 25
minutes the big bomber slugged lt
out with the Nazis, a crash landing
being made after three of the four
engines werp knocked out and more
than 200 bullets had punctured the
ship.
Lt. Ebert said he luckilv escaped
injury during the fighting and crash,
but that the tail gunner was
wounded three times. The crew
spent the nieht in the desert beside
the plane. Next morning a chance
British patrol sighted the men and
picked them up, returning them to
their base.
Lt. Ebert already has been dec
orated for his share in a big scale
American bombing raid in the Medi
terranean area. He was navigator
on the commanding officer’s plane
m a raid on the Italian fleet and
a naval base June 15.
Weary St. Louis Riders
'Strike' in Streetcar
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS.—Weary homeward
bound passengers on a North St.
Louis street car indulged In a literal
“sit-down" strike and refused to
leave the vehicle at the request of
the motorman.
He wanted to turn in at a car
shed and asked 25 riders to get off
and take the next car.
A man in the back stood up and
shouted; “I waited a half hour for
thta car and I’m not going to get
off." Other passengers were of the
same frame of mind.
Finally, the motorman gave in and
continued the ran.
5,000 Handicapped Placed
In Virginia Defense Jobs
By th# Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va., Dec. 26—More
than 5.000 physically handicapped
men and women in Virginia have
been trained by the rehabilitation
division of the Department of Edu
cation and placed in defense jobs.
Dabney S. Lancaster, superintendent
of public instruction, said today.
The division, Dr. Lancaster said,
is daily getting requests for physi
cally handicapped persons trained to
do mechanical, stenographic or
other types of work. The persons
already placed in jobs are working
as civilian employes with the Army
Air Forces, in a defense plant in
Bristol, on several construction jobs
in the State, at Langley Field, as
Government stenographers and at
the Richmond air base.
One hundred persons are now be
ing trained as card-punch machine
operators, preparing themselves to
take jobs with Federal agencies in
Washington. Nearly 2,000 others
are taking vocational courses.
“We have many opportunities for.
placement and training of physically
handicapped persons,” Dr. Lancaster
said. "Most all of the jobs are vital
to the war effort and the employers
prefer men unfit for military service
because of physical imperfection."
About 3,000 men, classified as 4-F
by Selective Service, have been re
ferred to the Department of Educa
tion.
Nazis Admit Using, Planes
To Rush Supplies To Russia
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts), Dec. 26 —The German high
command reported today that Nazi
forces were being supplied by air
transports flying day and night to
“hotly contested” areas in several
sectors of the Russian front.
(This was the first German
mention of the use of planes to
provision Axis forces on parts of
the Russian front, an indication
that winter and the Red Army's
counterdrives, pocketing some of
the enemy and cutting some rail
lines, were creating a grave sup
ply problem fo\the Nazis. The
Russians already have reported
the Germans relying heavily, and
at great cost, on air fleets for
supply.)
The communique said heavy Rus
sian attacks, backed by planes, tanks
and artillery, had been renewed in
the Velikie Luki area, about 90
miles from the Latvian border, but
had been repulsed.
In the Don region and between
the Don and Volga Rivers, the com
munique Waid, Soviet attacks were
continuous; but were stopped and
the attackers were thrown back at
many points.
Two Brothers, Sister
Die in Crossing Crash
By the Associated Press.
GRAND ISLAND, Nebr., Dec. 26.
—A collision between a Union Pa
cific streamline train and an auto
mobile killed two brothers and a
sister last night.
The dead are Fred McRae, 19;
Vem McRae. 16. and Ina McRae. 15,
all of Doniphan. The two brothers,
employed at Omaha, were home for
the Christmas holidays. The crash
occurred at a crossing near Alda.
Virginia Limits Sale
Of Fortified Wines
To ABC Stores Jan. 1
Obtainable Only in
Bottles; Barred From
Restaurants and Hotels
By th« Awocitted Prwi.
RICHMOND Va.. Dee. 36—Be
ginning January 1, fortified wines
may be obtained in, Virginia only
in the State liquor stores.
On and after that date, under an
act of the 1043 General Assembly,
restaurants, llbtel dining rooms,
eonfestionarles or other eating or
drinking establishments will not
serve the fortified beverages.
The legislation, effective with
New Year, provides that only the
State ABC stores may sell wines
containing more than 14 per cent
alcohol by volume.
Control to Be Tightened.
Shortly after his election in the
fall of 1941, Gov. Darden warned
that the sales of these beverages,
some of which he described as
spiked heavily with raw brandy,
must be brought under stricter con
trols. In his Inaugural address he
called on the Legislature to act.
Meanwhile, the Alcohol Beverage
Control Board announced that it
expects its liquor stock replacements
in the first three months of 1943 will
run only about 50 per cent of those
of the same three months of 1942.
The supply available from distillers
has been greatly curtailed because
of the changeover by manufacturers
to the making of alcohol for the
war effort.
In January, February and March
of last year the Virginia ABC stores
sold approximately 300,000 cases of
whisky. Distillers have notified the
board to expect shipment of only
about half that number of cases in
the next three months.
Rationing System Studied.
However, the planned installation
of a rationing system for liquor
buyers will tailor the demand nearer
the diminished supply. The Vir
ginia officials are now studying sys
tems already put into force in other
States in an effort to find the best
possible plan. A registration prob
ably will be held for the issuance
of coupon books.
An unprecedented buying rush
which set up long lines of customers
outside the stores In the larger
Virginia cities, cleared shelves by
Christmas eve, and warehousemen
will work today to fill store orders
for the reopening at 10 a.m. Mon
day.
The three-day closing of the store
will be the longest since the ABC
system was put in operation in 1934.
Col. Lucius I. Nichols,
Railroad Pioneer, Dies
By the Associated Press.
CHESTER, S. C.. Dec. 26—Col.
Lucius T. Nichols. 84, one of the
South’s pioneer railroad executives,
died of a heart attack at his home
here early today. He was promi
nently associated with various rail
roads in the South for 64 years
prior to 1937, when he retired.
A native of Halifax County. Va..
Col. Nichols began his railroad
career with the Richmond and Dan
ville system in 1873. After leaving
this company in 1880. he held ex
ecutive positions with the Columbia
and Greenville, S. C. Railroad,
East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, and the Chester,
S. C., and Lenoir, N. C., Railroad.
He served as general manager of
the latter, which in 1902 became
the Carolina and Northwestern
Railway, until 1935. At that time
he was made assistant to the vice
president, at which post he served
until retirement.
Col. Nichols was twice married.
His second wife, Mrs. Katherine
Carswell Coogler Nichols, survives,
along with four sons and a daughter
by his first marriage.
Maryland Coal Shortage
Hits Poultrymen Hardest
Bjr the Associated Press.
SALISBURY. Md.. Dec. 26 —
Possibly hardest hit by the current
coal shortage on Maryland's Eastern
Shore are poultrymen, whose plant
stoves operate mainly on nut coal.
All nut coal has been reserved
by many*Eastern Shore dealers for
poultry plants exclusively, domestic
users being diverted to stove coal
or other fuels.
Coal dealers reported they had
from 300 to 400 tons of nut and
stove coal oh order, while in many
instances, there wasn't a pound of
either in their yards.
Some had light supplies of egg,
pea, buckwheat and soft coal.
Orders . were not being accepted
from those who had enough coal on
hand to last several days. Only
small deliveries were being made
tA any customer.
Demand for nut coal by the
broiler chicken industry was re
ported up 20 per cent, while the
supply had increased only 8 per
cent.
Kieran Quits Times
For Job .With Sun
By the Auoeieted Pre»*
NEW YORK, Dec. 26—John
Kieran, the noted sports columnist
who answeft questions on the "In
formation Please" radio program,
has resigned from the staff of the
New York Times and will write a
daily column on general topics for
the New York Bun, effective Jan
uary 4.
He explained that he no longer
had time to do the traveling re
quired of a sports columnist since
he is making radio appearances in
behalf of the War Department, the
Treasury Department, the Office of
War Information and various relief
societies and other organizations de
voted to the war effort.
Ventilating Fan Catches Fire
Firemen today put out a small
blaze in a ventilating fan in the
library of the Washington Post. No
one was in the library at the time,
but a clerk in the circulation de
partment smelled smoke. The li
brary is on the fourth floor.
RESORTS.
LAKE WORTH, FLA.
GULP STREAM HOTlL
ONE OF HIS LAST PICTURES—Admiral Jean Darlan and his wife sit in the drawing room of their
▼111a in Algiers in this photograph taken within 10 days of the French African leader's assassina
tion. Mme. Darlan was unable to reach the admiral's side before he died.
• —A. P. Wirepfioto from London.
Friends of U. S. Encountered
All Along Road to Dakar
A. P. Writer and Major Have Few Dull
Moments During 200-Mile Jeep Trip
By JOSEPH MORTON,
Auocitted Press War Correspondent.
DAKAR, French West Africa,
Dec. 22 (Delayed).—The road to
Dakar was rough and dangerous
but was spfHnkled from beginning
to end with friends of the United
States.
These were the findings of Maj.
Homer K. Heller of Newark. N. J..
and myself after a 200-mile ride
in a flag-draped Army jeep from
Bathurst, British Gambia, to this
fortress city (now occupied by
United States troops and a special
American Army and Navy mission
.that will develop its facilities in the
Allied-North African campaign).
"So you are back again,” French
frontier guards exclaimed as our
jeep rambled up to the beginning
of French territory. "We’re glad.”
Maj. Heller, the American mili
tary observer in Gambia, drove the
jeep during the two-day journey,
and there wasn't a dull moment
after we had crossed the frontier
that had been closed since the un
successful British-supported Fight
ing French attack on Dakar in
1940.
Forded Streams In Jeep.
We forded many streams in our
jeep, pushed it through sand up
to the hubcaps, threaded 6-foot ele
phant grass and chugged along
narrow highway corridors flanked
with barbed wire and bristling forti
fications.
Nearly every French soldier we
saw saluted. Civilians and natives
waved wildly, and the cry “Ameri- |
cans” greeted us everywhere. We
were entertained lavishly, and given
enough cognac to float our way to
Dakar.
The only delay in the trip was at
the frontier while the local district
commissioner telephoned. to Dakar
for instructions. This call was re
layed to Gen. Pierre Boisson, French
West African governor-general, and
back came the answer: "You will be
permitted to cross.’’
We set out from Bathurst Decem
ber 19, spreading a large American
flag across the hood of the jeep,
and loading the sturdy little ma
chine with tins of gasoline. A flat
bottomed barge carried us across the
2-mile-wide Gambia River. Thirty
yards from the north shore our
barge scraped bottom, but we drove
the jeep into the water and reached
the beach without a whimper from
its engine.
By mid-afternoon we reached the
French frontier after negotiating
heavy sand and grass trails guarded
by native troops.
Momar Bettv Ba Ba Gets Ride.
The first response to our appear
ance at the border was a rush by
the French guards to* bring out a
table, bottles and glasses. It was
only a matter of seconds, it seemed,
until the natives and troops had
turned out to greet us. The native
chief, Momar Betty Ba Ba, asked
for a ride in the jeep. He got it.
We headed northward with a safe
conduct pass after shaking scores
of hands, and the French road, by
comparison with those on the Gam
bian side of the border, was excel
lent. Ttw district commissioner
guided us to a friend's home at Tou
bakouta, 20 miles inside the border,
to spend the night.
The new nost there promptly
spread a feast equal to anything I
had ever eaten in the United States.
Of course, the wines were excellent.
The next day we went through
one of the most heavily fortified sec
tions of West Africa, La Petite
Cote, and the entrance to every
sizable town was protected with
barbed wire and pillboxes. Soldiers
halted us frequently, took a look at
our passes, and immediately became
cordial.
At Mbour, two hours from Dakar,
we were presented the insignia of
one of the French Foreign Legion's
most famous regiments.
Four Servicemen
Die in Fire Aboard
U. S. Troop Transport
Ship Steward Is Hailed
As Hero in Perilous
Rescue of Naval Officer
Bjr the Aeeocieted Pres*.
SEATTLE. Dec. 26 —Fatal burning
of four servicemen in a roaring fire
aboard an American transport in
Northern waters several weeks ago
was reported yesterday by returned
seamen.
The identities of the four victims
were not disclosed.
Three other servicemen were
burned severely in the 3 ajn. blaze,
which broke out amidship while the
vessel was at anchor.
Hailed as Hero.
Third Steward Charles (Blackiel
Birdsall was hailed as a hero for
plunging through the smoke to
rescue a Navy lieutenant who was
injured badly and nearly suffocated.
The blaze was controlled after tons
of water were poured into the in
terior in the crew's desperate fight
against the flames. Much of the
interior of the one-time liner was
in charred ruins. Paint cracked
from the ship's sides from the in
tense heat of the plates.
Cause of the fire was not deter
mined.
Wallace Taylor, a crew member,
who ran up to the deck with Mr.
Birdsall at the first alarm, said:
Roaring Hot.
"She was roaring hot and crack
ling and hissing as we hit her with
water. Out of all that noise we
heard a cry for help. Next thing I
knew Blackie had put his head down
and dashed right into the alleyway.
We kept on with the hose.”
The crew members said they un
derstood Mr. Birdsall would be dec
orated for his heroic rescue.
The four victims’ bodies were
taken ashore for burial following
services on the ship the day after
the fire.
Bus Comfort Rationed
London's champion space-con
server is declared to be a bus con
dictor who, when he saw five per
sons sitting In a seat designed for
five, said : "Room for another there
—you're all much too comfortable.”
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802; condensed milk, 975,816; dried
whole milk, 2,557,677; meat, fish and
fowl. 957,878.870; fruits, 403,053.297;
grain and cereal. 710.847.314; lard,
fats and oils, 561,823,687; other foods,
598.305.801.
Here are the estimated total Gov
ernment requirements of meat, milk
and eggs in 1942, as compared with
production:
Meat. 6.500.000.000 pounds out of
22,000.000,000; milk, 7,000.000.000 out
of 120,000,000,000 pounds; eggs. 77.
792,000 dozen out of 4,576,000,000
dozen.
Other shortage causes include the
heavier eating habits of the soldier—
about 5 pounds a day, compared with
the civilian's 4 pounds. And the sol
dier eats twice as much of meat and
dairy products and one-third more
of eggs and other proteins.
Plane Factory Clerks
Join Production Line
New workers in scores of British
aircraft factories are men of mili
tary age who were due to be called
up for military service but have
gone into the plants at the request
of their employers. While shortage
of labor is partly responsible for
this transfer to factory jobs another
reason is that clerks in aircraft fac
tory offices learn many of the essen
tial details of work done at the
bench and are fairly easy to teach.
Employers have told the ministry
of labor in London that men who
have been office workers all their
lives are quickly learning the use
of heavy machines. Girls also are
turning away from the office desk
to work at the shop bench.
Shortage Cuts Schooling
Italy's fuel shortage has reduced
its scholastic year to 173 days, the
shortest in history, and parents are
admifiished to see that children
con.fnue their studies at home while
the schools are closed.
Will Soldier She
Kissed at Station
Please Write?
By the Associated Press.
Hartford, conn.. Dec 26—if
Mrs. Albert Yost of West Hartford
can learn the identity of the soldier
who asked her to kiss him good-by
the young man will be getting plenty
of mail as long as he is in the Army.
The incident occurred earlier this
week at the Hartford depot, when a
group of 100 new draftees was board
ing a train.
Mrs. Yost was on hand to bid fare
well to her son. Howard, when the
unidentified youth stepped up and
said:
“Will you please kiss me good-by?
You see. I have no mother.”
Mrs. Yost complied and the youth
disappeared before she could ask his
name.
"If any one at the station saw
this boy and could give me his name
I would be grateful, as I intend to
write to him.” she said today. “Many
of my friends are anxious to corre
spond with him also."
Car Pool 'Fares' Help
Fund for Servicemen
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE.—The share - a - ride
movement in Seattle is becoming a
servicemen's benefit.
Motorists attach special envelopes
to their dashboards. When riders
offer to pay for lifts the money goes
into the envelope.
They are building a servicemens
recreation fund.
The Chef agrees that Ice Cream is
one of the most important wartime
foods. He knows a single serving con
represent the difference between an
adequate and an inadequate diet. Eat
some Melvern Ice Creom everyday!
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